Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs of Operation Kenova have been to date.
Answered by Robin Walker
Operation Kenova is the independent investigation into a range of activities surrounding an alleged agent codenamed Stakeknife, led by former chief constable Jon Boutcher. Since it was established in 2016, Operation Kenova has taken on three further investigations at the request of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
As this is an independent investigation, funding is the responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.